Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 12:33:48 -0500 (EST) From: Jacob Ritorto <jritorto@fore.com> To: Rick Hamell <hamellr@1nova.com> Cc: Jacob Ritorto <jritorto@fore.com>, <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sun Type6 keyboard? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.42.0112111230510.2862-100000@gravel> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112111016090.10578-100000@heorot.1nova.com>
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Actually, the Sun type6 USB keyboard is not serial. It's usb. There is a difference between this and the regular Sun type6 keyboard. The Sun type6 usb keyboard is new for the sunblades. No keyboards were harmed in the making of this hardware compatibility check. Thanks.. --jake On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Rick Hamell wrote: > > > the Sun kb was unable to effectively communicate > > to the system. I hit just about every key, but > > only occasionally did a few little garbage > > characters spew forth. So there's some protocol > > convusion going down I guess. > > Any ideas? I'm encouraged that the boot > > loader knew there was a kb at least! > > I doubt you're going to get it to work. The hardware is too > different. It's like you're trying to plug a Serial port directly into a > USB port. A similiar discussion was just had on one of the Sun mailing > lists. The short answer on that side was don't plug any PC PS/2 stuff into > the Sun, as it will fry. > > Rick > > ******************************************************************* > Rick's FreeBSD Web page http://heorot.1nova.com/freebsd > Ace Logan's Hardware Guide http://hw.shatteredcrystal.com > ***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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